An Eagle Grove man crossed his last finish line Sunday, and his wife, who ran 100 yards behind him, never got to say good-bye. Mary Harris lost her husband, Greg, 51, to a heart attack after the Run for the Roses road race in Ames. Mary said he collapsed after crossing the finish line. “I just thought he was over heated,” she said. “I don’t think they had any chance of reviving him.” Department of Public Safety officials said they assisted the Ames Fire Department at the scene until Harris was transported to Mary Greeley Medical Center, 111 Duff Ave. Emily Martini, winner of the 10K, performed rescue breathing on Greg Harris until the ambulance showed up. “I was scared but I didn’t stop,” said Martini, graduate student in health and human performance. “It all seemed like slow motion.” Greg broke his smoking habit four years ago and exchanged cigarettes for running shoes, Mary said. She remembered how her husband would drive beside her on long training runs, supplying her with fresh water and high spirits. “How many men do you know that would give up three hours?” she said. “When you meet someone you mesh with – it just doesn’t happen very often.” Mary went to the hospital with Travis Moore, junior in agricultural business, whom she had just met Sunday at the race. “He was so nice,” she said. “He never left my side.” Mary and Greg have two children, Lance, 17, and Danielle, 12. “He was a hell of a dad and a husband,” Mary said. Lance said he and his sister went to church the morning of the race, and he was completely shocked to hear his father had died. Lance is a member of the Eagle Grove cross country team, and he said his dad was the team’s best fan because he memorized every runners times from the newspaper. “He’s not going to be at the finish line cheering anymore,” Lance said. “The whole team is going to miss him. He knew everyone like they were his own kid.” Lance said the whole team is going to wear black bands tonight at the home cross country meet as a tribute to his father. The football team is planning to dedicate the game ball at their game Friday to Greg, he said. The Alpha Omicron Pi sorority, 2007 Greeley St., was a part sponsor for the race. “On behalf of the sisters of Alpha Omicron Pi, we extend our deepest sympathies,” said Allison Bramstedt, president. “Our thoughts and prayers will be with the family.” The funeral will be 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Eagle Grove Evangelical Lutheran Church.